Author's Preface
The dragon god whipped his weapon around and shattered more islands. Every crack of the whip sent a shockwave through the gate. The three elders kept attacking, Yong Ma flung his black flames as the whip approached. He dodged to the right, the whip cracked missing him by a foot. The instant sonic boom sent him flying into a boulder. Yeol and Cheng leapt and attacked as well, white and purple sword energy flew through the air. The dragon twirled his whip like blades of a fan and their attacks seemed to simply disappear. The dragon sighed, he spun and slammed his tail down on the island they all occupied. As it slammed down, it tore the island in half, large chunks of the island now floated independently. The dust and debris smashed into the barrier that surrounded Blue and the other. The debris simply disintegrated, vanished into thin air. "Where can I get one of these?" Jinhu asked with a grin as his fist knuckles met the barrier. Ilho smacked the back of his head. "This isn't the time."
Orion ignited in the sky again. Arrows came raining down, curving around chunks of islands, landing from impossible angles. The whip continued to pummel down as the three elders dodged it and the arrows. From Cheng's blindside the dragon's tail cut through the air. He took the hit and shot through the air, he hit a floating island hard enough to shatter it into pieces. He held on to one small piece, got his footing and looked at the gods neck as he turned. The seam they'd opened earlier was still there. Bigger now, deeper.
Cheng used voice transmission to send a message to Yeol and Yong Ma. "Base of the neck opens when he turns."
The three elders dodged arrows, the whip and the tail. Yeol used the debris from the main island as cover as he sent hidden dagger full of Tang poison at the wound on the god's neck. Cheng got close carving white arcs through the air, his sword energy reaching the wound as well. Right behind Yeol's daggers were the Heavenly Demons black flames. As the Tang poison was expelled from the wound, Yong Ma's flames continued to burn the wound, unable to be put out.
The dragon lifted his head and let out a roar that cleared all the islands in the area and sent all three elders flying into the dome surrounding Blue. The men in the dome flinched as the elders crashed into it. Blue clenched his fist. Haejin stood with his arms crossed unphased. Yong ma looked back and winked at everyone. Yeol cracked his neck and looked at Cheng. "Having fun yet?"
"Just getting started." Cheng jumped twice. "These old knees needed the workout."
The dragon flapped its wings once as it flew into the sky. The Draco and Orion constellation disappeared. Another constellation they hadn't seen yet took their place in the sky. "That's not good." Yong Ma chuckled.
The dragon god started to laugh, with every roar his body swelled, until his body loomed over the gate like a continent had formed. Each step he took crushed floating islands. Its claws now seemed to tear through space itself. "Colossus." The dragon roared as his growth came to a halt. The god who once was the normal size, was now ten times larger. Its wing span alone was bigger than the anchor island that stretched over a mile in length.
"It's bigger, a lot bigger. That makes our job easier. Focus on the wound. Dodge the attacks." Cheng looked at the elders. Yeol nodded as he turned. He tapped on the barrier. "Blue, will this thing hold?" He asked. Blue shrugged his shoulders. Yeol giggled. "Well, you better pray it does." Yeol and the elders vanished. Hanjo knelt in the center of the barrier, palms together. "Amitabha, Buddha please allow this barrier to remain strong."
"I don't think Buddha gave me this Hanjo." Blue looked back at him, then turned his head toward the dragon god. "On second thought, keep praying."
The elders were at the dragon's legs while Hanjo prayed. Yong Ma sliced at the god's knees, leaving the unquenchable fire burning its flesh. Cheng and Yeol did the same on the other leg. The tail came this time faster. It was much larger, harder to dodge. The tail clipped Yeol, flipped his body over. The dragon's claw came next, slicing through the air, leaving ripples of space in its wake. Cheng put his feet on Yeol and pushed, both elders flew through the air landing on opposite islands. The claws missed by a thread. Yeol landed and clutched his ribs as they screamed at him. The tail landed a hit. Blood started to leak from his side. "Keep moving." His voice echoed in the other elders minds. "If you stop, you're dead."
The claw crashed down once more where Yeol stood. He vanished, as he turned to watch the claw crash, parts of the island that were impacted simply disappeared. They didn't shatter like the rest, they simply vanished into the tear of space the dragon's claw ripped open.
"What the fuck?" Yeol mumbled under his breath.
The elders used every island they could to get close and struck wherever they could. Slashes across the legs, a stab to the chest. Hidden daggers pierced wounds opened by Cheng. Small patches of black flames burned on fifteen different spots all over the dragons body.
Orion flickered in the air for a moment. Hundreds of stars gathered high in the sky to form one massive arrow. The elders could do nothing but watch. They watched as dragon raised its claw, then slammed it down. In a blink of an eye the massive arrow was gone. BOOM. behind them the arrow struck the barrier.The barrier flared, runes lit up as the arrow slammed into it, knocking down everyone inside. When the dust outside settled, the remainder of the island outside the barrier was gone. The only thing left was the ground the men inside stood on.
The dragon god's laugh rolled across the gate. "Do you see? I am no beast. I am the stars itself. I am eternity. You simply crawl under the sky because I have allowed it thus far. But even my patience wears thin."
The dragon god opened its mouth and inhaled. Every star in the sky seemed to be pulled to him, dragged into its lungs.
"We aren't letting that happen." Cheng yelled as he dashed toward the dragon. Yeol and Yong ma followed. The three men jumped to remaining shards of islands that were left. Cheng slashed at its throat, Yeol followed with arcs of purple and green poison from his sword. "Die you overgrown prick!" As the poison hit deeper into the wound the dragon choked. Yong Ma followed with his blade, he drove the blade deep into the wound and let an explosion of flames go off.
The god thrashed and its head titled toward the sky and let out a beam of light that split the sky above.
"Now." Cheng's voice screamed through transmission. "All of it, now!"
Cheng gathered all of his remaining qi into one line down his blade, he swung as the dragon continued to emit light toward the sky. The wound on its neck opened further. Yeol and Yong Ma hit in the same instant. The totality of Yeol's poison mixed with the black flames of the Heavenly Demon entered the wound and exploded inward. For a momemt everything went silent. The dragon was no longer spitting light from its mouth. The elders jumped back and landed on top of the barrier. The dragon flew to the nearest remaining island, thrashing about and roaring. Light poured from every wound, then its eyes, and mouth. Then silence, the dragon gods body shuddered and broke into fragments of starlight. Its final breath carried away into the stars above. "I am... eternal."
Yeol sighed loudly. As he opened his mouth to speak, Blue's system pinged.
[3 of 3 dungeon masters defeated. Cleanse the anchor.]
The barrier disappated and the three elders came crashing down on Blue, Ilho and Jinhu.